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If you have started a task sequence in Configuration Manager and you hit a problem, the last thing you want to do is to have to go through the reboot process back into Windows PE. So, if you want to just restart the task sequence without rebooting, carry out the following steps: Press F8 to bring up the command prompt …
SCCM OSD – Restart a task sequence wizard in WinPE without rebooting Read MoreIf you are using System Center Operations Manager (SCOM) then you may want to enable agent proxy on all your agents. If you want to do this then you can use the power of Powershell to carry this out. Just open up a Powershell command box and use the following command: get-SCOMagent | where {$_.ProxyingEnabled -match “False”} | Enable-SCOMAgentProxy If …
Operations Manager – Enable agent proxy on all agents Read MoreIf you are trying to install System Center Service Manager Data Warehouse then you may run into an issue on the Configure Analysis Services for OLAP cubes wizard page where it states that The server is not available: We ran into this issue a while ago and we checked everything that we could find on Google, like permissions on the …
System Center Service Manager Data Warehouse Analysis Services installation error Read MoreIf you’re using Windows 10 Professional, Enterprise, or Education, the easiest way to disable and hide OneDrive is by using the Local Group Policy Editor (or Group Domain Policy if on a corporate domain). In Windows 10, press Start, type gpedit.msc, and press Enter. In the Local Group Policy editor’s left pane, drill down to Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > …
How to disable users personal OneDrive in Windows 10 Read MoreIf you have not yet upgraded to Windows 10 Creators Update then you may notice this annoying message in your Windows Update page: So, what if you don’t want your computer (or Microsoft) telling you what to do and you want to remove this message? Well, the solution is a very simple registry edit. Open up regedit and then browse …
Disable the Windows Creators Update Notice Read MoreIf you are using WIM files for Operating System Deployments (OSD) you may be injecting Windows Updates into the WIM to keep them up to date. If you are doing this, you may run into errors when processing through the updates like this: This is because the mounted WIM thinks that there are pending updates. To clear this, you need …
Errors when trying to inject offline Windows Updates into a mounted WIM Read MoreWith the recent ransomware attack across the world, IT departments should now been fully patched but also be taking steps to help protect themselves in the future. One way of trying to stop encryption of your files on network shares is to utilise the free File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) tool. This tool has been around for a while now …
Stop encryption of network shares using FSRM Read MoreIf you are using System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) then you will probably be making use of the Application Catalog feature. This allows IT departments to give a software shop front to its end users freeing up IT staff from the tedious installations of 7-Zip and Adobe Reader. But, the standard URL for the Application Catalog is a bit dirty, …
SCCM 2012 Software Catalog Easy Access using DNS Read MoreIf you are using System Center Operations Manager and you want to bulk remove multiple Management Packs, then you can use the power of the Operations Manager Shell to carry it out. First of all, you need to open up the Operations Manager Shell. Then you should run the following command: where: “*Microsoft.SQLServer*” = the management pack names that you …
Bulk Delete Multiple Operations Manager Management Packs [2020 Updated] Read MoreYou may have seen our previous post on using DISM to clear space on a Windows computer. This is great, but what if you are using an older operating system, something like Windows Server 2003 which does not have the option to use DISM? Well, there is another little tool within these older operating systems called compcln.exe which you can …
Disk space saving on older operating systems Read MoreIf you are using Windows Server Core in your environment then you will know that adding disk space to a virtual hard drive is not as simple as using the Disk Management GUI. But, using the steps below, you can carry out the disk extension in no time. First of all, add the amount of disk space that you want …
How to expand a virtual hard disk in Windows Server Core Read MoreWith the events of the last week, we have not been reading emails or posting anything on our site as you may have noticed. We are based and live in Manchester and it has been a truly shocking and upsetting week for our city and the people that live here. Everyone will know the circumstances of what has happened in …
Update – Manchester Bombing Read More
